Bendlet sinister

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Counter-cottise, the diminished bar

Counter-cottise of width 1/2 and 1/3 of the bar width

Depending on the author, the counter-cottise is the bar diminished to 1/2 or 1/3 of its width.

Counter-cottise 1/2 of the bar width

If b is the shield width, b/3 that of the bar, then that of the counter-cottise is 1/2 x b/3 = b/6. On a bar I can draw the vertical V1-V2 and divide it by Thales into 4 segments, assigning the 2 central ones to the counter-cottise with sides parallel to the bar. The width of each segment is 1/4 x b/3 = b/12 and the 2 central ones sum b/12 + b/12 = b/6.

Counter-cottise 1/3 of the bar width

If the diminution is to be 1/3 of the bar width, then the counter-cottise width is 1/3 x b/3 = b/9. From the same previous bar I can repeat the process, drawing on the bar the vertical line V1-V2 and dividing it by Thales, in this case, into 3 segments, assigning the central segment to the counter-cottise with sides also parallel to those of its bar.

Blazon keywords: Bendlet sinister and Bend sinister.

Style keywords: Freehand and Pointed.

Classification: PDF and Schema.

 

Dr. Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas,
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Paseo de la Castellana 135, 7th floor,
28046 Madrid, Spain.